Year1866
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1866
The Santa Luzia stream was recorded as flowing 185 litres per second.
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1866
João Maneio Teixeira completed the medical-surgical course at the Porto Medical School with a thesis on pseudarthroses.
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1866
Alberto Allen Pereira de Sequeira Bramão was born.
Bramão (Dr Alberto Allen Pereira de Sequeira) Alberto Allen Pereira de Sequeira Bramão
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1866
The naturalist Ernst Haeckel visited Madeira, without studying the Porto Santo rabbit.
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1866–1868
Two articles by Platão de Vaksel on music in Portugal appeared in the Gazeta da Madeira.
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1866
A second edition of António Cordeiro's Historia Insulana was published with notes on Madeira; its annotator referred accurately to Constantino's book.
Câmara (João Rodrigues da)Island HistoryLandi (Count Giulio de) António Cordeiro
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1866
J.W.J. Quintos published 'Het Eiland Madera'.
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1866
A second edition of José Manuel da Veiga's treatise on clerical celibacy was published posthumously.
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1866
A pamphlet accusing Judge Sebastião Leal of abuses of authority was published on Graciosa.
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1866
Gaspar Frutuoso's remains were moved to a mausoleum in Ribeira Grande municipal cemetery.
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1866
Charity concerts featuring Júlia de França Neto were held at the São Lourenço palace in Funchal.
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1866
A revolution in Spain failed early in 1866 and many revolutionaries fled to Portugal.
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1866–1870
Ricardo Júlio Ferraz directed the Ponta Delgada harbour works.
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1866
The official report on the 1856 cholera epidemic in Madeira was published.
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January 1866
J. Juratzka's paper on new moss species appeared in the Botanische Zeitung.
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22 January 1866
The last issue, the 152nd, of the newspaper O Noticioso appeared.
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1 February 1866–27 February 1869
The newspaper A Gazeta da Madeira was published, totalling 101 issues.
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28 February 1866
António Romão dos Passos was born in Ribeira Brava.
Passos (António Romão dos) António Romão dos Passos Ribeira Brava
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3 March 1866
Agostinho de Sousa Coutinho, later marquês do Funchal, was born.
Funchal (Agostinho de Sousa Coutinho, Marquis of) Agostinho de Sousa Coutinho
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5 March 1866
Aires de Ornelas was born at Camacha.
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11 March 1866
The foundation stone of a new Funchal town hall was laid on the site of the São Francisco convent, but the building never rose above its foundations.
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24 March 1866
The first statutes of the Asilo de Mendicidade do Funchal were approved.
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17 April 1866
The customs director fined the captain of the steamer Lagos, and Blandy & Co. appealed the decision.
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22 April 1866–1874
Construction of the present lazaretto buildings began and was finished in 1874; the Lazareto quay was probably built during these works.
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27 April 1866
António Pereira Reis was born in Funchal.
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18 May 1866
A small fixed red harbour light on the Ilhéu at Funchal began operating.
Islet beaconIlhéuPontinha (locality, road, islets and mole) Fortress of Nossa Senhora da Conceição do IlhéuHarbour of Funchal
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27 June 1866
The foundations of the Companhia Fabril de Açucar Madeirense were laid.
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1 July 1866
Seventy Spanish émigrés, 46 officers and 24 soldiers, arrived in Madeira.
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23 July 1866
Jordão Apolinário de Freitas was born in Funchal.
Freitas (Jordão Apolinário de) Jordão Apolinário de Freitas Funchal
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26 July 1866
The first issue of the periodical As Novidades appeared in Funchal.
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29 July 1866
Januário Justiniano de Nóbrega died after a fall from a seaside cliff (one source gives 28 July).
Nóbrega (Januário Justiniano de) Januário Justiniano de Nóbrega
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5 August 1866
Marceliano Ribeiro de Mendonça died in Funchal aged 61.
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22 August 1866
The steamer Tornado was captured in Madeiran waters by the Spanish frigate Gerona and taken to Cádiz.
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15 November 1866
The newspaper O Commercio do Funchal began publication.
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c. 1866
José Cupertino de Faria was born in Funchal around this year.
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c. 1866
The Count of Lambert died around this year.